Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-16
4 BLOODY BATTLE.
c,eat Excitement 0ccssiaHad at the
State Capital by Fight With
Bandits at Manchaca.
r5e Notorious Jim Barbour the Leader
=, ne Ggng-The header OF The
officers in Pursuit Wounded,
rl tho Supposed Train RobbsTs IN
TAIL and a Bumor thRt The OJher
Two ueve Bccn Captured.
. rLaHT WITH BANDITS.

4 FIGHT WITH BANDITS.
--.-.t q the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. lO.-The city was
.---. noon today thrown into great ex-
-.,s-cn. over dispatch announcing q
I'LL, between officers and train robbers
nm q austin. 4 little after - O'Clock
.,-5sv Sheriff Hornsby received q tele-
ran from Msuchacs, 8 station twelve
-e- south Of here On the International
ma saving the local officers were
-..-s aght with { gang OF train rob
49, sn8 f.. MIN 10 hurry over with
r--.~-v men. TIE news spread over the
-..v Ike wildfre and intense excitement
~-.vs. led SIS the men hurTieGly armed aud
ss.-rad on TO special car which
-s5 been got ia readiness tJT
~ CIV " .rshaI Lucy also went over.
nan reds Of rum0rs were heard on every
.. srd it was heralded over the city
as. another tram
BAD BEEN ROBBED,
tst some fur or i've men had been
s--.-ered This was erroneous, tor
-ss-euEeIs on the train from San
-..ra which arrived al II O'Clock
LII -4tlAA LIZ '1~A4 A4t'4--S'I u -
had they heard OF any robbers or Of e
5- with them. At 2:3@ p. m. Governor
g=- received the following:
SOM .ers this forenoon oveIhZuled and
attacked band Of train robbers, sup
-5sz5 TO be the same gang that perpetr2ted
.-. Mcneil and FlatOnis COoberies some
tine ago. The local officers al Manchac&
s-ema.ed this morning TO arrest the ROB
5ers but the latter opened tire wounding
-.egacer Two robbers thus fAr are
FATALLY WOUNDED.
T-a a-hUng still continues Help IS
ss-g3 from Kyle and Austin. The wound
h robbers Will De sent 30 Austin to-
-Elt'
Private information received at
o'clock says the gang Of outlaws were
-su.zucd by the notorious 9ln Barbour,
sid that IN the light ne was captured.
lin Esrljn led the eli oeTs and was
wounded in the arm. Martin has been
en- .1e trail OF the gang for several weeks.
alter dispatch from M.nchaca al g D..
II. and before the arrival Of the evening
,-sn from the south says: Jim Martin
t.s-3 # three men being camped a5Ju.
one mile from Manchaca near creek.
me Of the men came into
Marcl.c2 this morning very early
s-t lying around until I4:oU
m IlIt[1 and George Beatty arrested
lin and sent aim TO Kyle ]Y Tom Martin
SD Frank Martin. IAey arrived on Lhe
lC-.l-a1un3 train They left the man
.- was arrested ~ charge Of 8 deputy.
The taaa under arrest gives his name as
l~a. A.-er they had secured MN they
-.s-.tt
TOR THE OTHERS
ia. were Emngi enc nile from Man
.-sc-. I- before they goc 10 where ne
4sa Ne-. aamptd they 50" TWO men ~
-.ar -res horses. A soon as theY
rW tie lHters approaching they
. made .- t1lir pistols and before
leEa get them the
opened IRE go them, Ihey ran
lla -ammeuCtd 10 ire back and W1le
one q the robbers SHOT jim
---..l II -1- right 1rm breaking IL. Inc
1l"eI- .af- three horses, Two plstpIA ana
SIS 10 gold. They left for the
a..-l "l-a9u1 hat or sleeSr
HIS supposed that one OF the ROBBERS Is
rounded, SIS taey tracked him from Tue
.1la- I'm hla1Iih -elegTApAeu 10 Austl!
s-r I, sna - was not long tlII Clly MAT
s .uCy and Sheriff Hornsby,a VITA Z
--a arrived ST N5achaca and 1mmec!-
sicily went in pursuit q the bandits.
@ ns 1so in the meantime sur
rounded Coloug. BeaJty's pasture, IN
w-.ea ltwe- supposed the Two outlaws
-5a ssgl refuge
ENsAL'S STORY.
La Elssi arrested VI Msnchaca WAS
10 austin Tonight ID CRSTge oIUI-
p. ana lhIIeN. lie Is young man OF
".E-tH, tail raW-50ned, black halr,
E eyes, straight nose ana oeArd Of
,T' weeks Growth ana locks lihs COW
leuI reporter interviewed MN IL
We told one Story 70